Wizard of Oz premiered, August 25, 1939
1945 was the Bombing of Hiroshima - August 6 is Peace Day
August 1st is Sister’s Day
August 21st, 1911 The Mona Lisa was stolen and not recovered until 1913
August 15 1911, Crisco was developed
August 26 is Women’s Equality Day
1. What was Godiva’s Anglo-Saxon name?
-Godwenna
-Godgifu
-Godfreya
-Godzilla
2. Who was Godiva’s husband?
-Leofric, Earl of Mercia
-Thorold, Sheriff of Lincolnshire
-Ralph, Earl of Herefordshire
-Godwin, Earl of Wessex
3. In which English market town did Godiva carry out her legendary ride?
-Coventry
-Oswestry
-Daventry
-Banbury
4. Why did Godiva carry out her naked horseback ride?
-As a protest against excessive taxation on her townsfolk
-Punishment for heresy
-She did it for a dare
-A traditional May Day custom
5. According to the legend, what was the name of the man who watched Godiva’s ride and was struck blind?
-Dick
-Jack
-Harry
-Tom
6. Godiva died in 1057, one of the five richest women in England. What was the value of her estates at her death?
-£800
-£1,600
-£160
-£8,000
7. ‘Godiva’s Hymn’ is a traditional drinking song for which profession?
-Blacksmiths
-Publicans
-Engineers
-Stonemasons
ANSWERS
1. Godgifu or Godgyfu means ‘God’s Gift’.
2. Leofric, Earl of Mercia was one of the most powerful men in England at the time. They had one son, Ælfgar.
3. Coventry is now a major city. A lifesize bronze statue of Lady Godiva can be found in Broadgate in the city centre.
4. The people of Coventry were subject to an unpopular tax called the ‘Heregeld’ which paid for King Canute’s bodyguard. Her husband agreed to stop collecting it only if she rode naked through the town and Godiva, taking him at his word, rode through the streets on Market Day, covered only by her long hair.
5. Tom, a tailor, ignored Godiva’s request for all the townsfolk to stay indoors and was ‘blinded by the wrath of Heaven’. He was the original Peeping Tom!
6. £160. That was a considerable fortune in Anglo-Saxon times!
7. Godiva has been called the ‘Patron Saint of Engineers’ and the ‘Goddess of Engineering’.
Summer is a time when we shake off winters grasp and venture out into the sun. With that comes pollen and dust exposure, tired muscles and digestive upsets from all the fun. The good news is there are acupressure points to help ease the discomforts.
Allergies often take the shine off of summer and there are a few points to help with symptoms. LI4 (in the web of the hand) is a main point for congestive issues and it also helps with constipation if your summer diet doesn’t agree with you. A good point to dispel heat and congestion is GV10 (on the spine in-line with the tips of the shoulder blades). Have someone tap this point for 3-5min. and you should notice that breathing eases and burning sensations decrease. For sneezing, tapping on BL2 (inside end of eyebrows near eye sockets) will help calm sneezing, relieve sinus headaches and helps clear heat.
Heat is a common issue and the above points that dissipate heat will help along with placing feet on a cool hard surface. In cases where heat is very uncomfortable an ice cube under each foot on KD1 (in the notch just between the ball of the foot and the arch on the center line) will help cool and calm the body.
Indigestion from cook outs, picnics or fast-food are also common complaints. Some points that will help are: CV16 (on the notch on the bottom of the breast bone), it will help calm and strengthen the stomach and loosen the chest. If diarrhea strikes SP6 (on the inside of the ankle three fingers above the ankle bone) will help calm the urges and are perfectly accessible while you sit and contemplate what you may have eaten. This point (SP6) is an avoid point for those pregnant.
Water, stay hydrated and make sure your urine output is roughly equal to your water intake daily. It should be clear and slightly yellow. A good rule for water intake according to the International Sports Medicine Institute is ½ ounce per pound of body weight if you’re not active (that’s ten eight-ounce glasses if you weigh 160 pounds) and 2/3 ounce per pound if you’re athletic (13 to 14 glasses a day, at the same weight). This far exceeds the 8 glasses commonly reported in the press! Also according to the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers, your body takes time to respond to dehydration. There is lag between water loss and thirst. In hot weather, this means that when you body “feels” thirsty, you are actually 16-18 ounces “down” at that point. Enjoy summer, stay well, stay strong… you deserve it.
Interested in these therapies and ways to help yourself?
E-mail us at info@ohanawellness.ca or visit us online at www.OhanaWellness.ca.
©Darren Renaud Natural Health Practitioner
Born Coburg, Ont Aug 26, 1881. Died Ottawa, Ont Apr 15, 1964.
Alice Evelyn Wilson struggled for almost 40 years to be recognized as a geologist while she made significant contributions to Canadian geology and was recognized as one of the top women scientists in the country. Although she had earned a PhD degree she was not called Dr. Wilson until 1945!
As a child, exploring with her two brothers during summer vacation, she was fascinated by fossils she could see outlined in limestone. This keen interest carried her to studies at the University of Toronto.
All of her professional career, from 1909 to 1945, Alice Wilson worked at the Geological Survey of Canada where she described fossils in papers and books and was originally hired as a temporary museum assistant, carrying out clerical duties. By 1913 after publishing a paper in one of the early Bulletins of the Museum, her real career began. By 1919, Alice Wilson earned the position as an assistant paleontologist. The Canadian Federation of University Women then offered her a scholarship for a doctoral degree but it took several years and pressure on members of parliament before Alice was granted educational leave. She earned her PhD from the University of Chicago in 1929 then returned to work at the Victoria Memorial Museum in Ottawa (now the Museum of Nature), but never received the traditional increase in salary offered to male graduates.
It was not acceptable for a young woman to go on expeditions and camp out with male colleagues so Alice was confined to the area around Ottawa for exploration.
Her specialty, for which she would rate at the top of the field, was the Paleozoic formations of eastern Ontario. She enjoyed bringing geology to the public. She was especially interested to involving children in her field of study and wrote a book called The Earth Beneath Our Feet for younger readers.
In 1935, she received the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her work. In 1937, she was the 1st woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was also the 1st Canadian woman to be admitted to the American Geological Society. When she retired, at the age of 65, five people were hired to replace her!
By Dawn Monroe.
famouscanadianwoman.ca
Chicken With Peaches and Basil
Ingredients
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 ripe peaches or nectarines
1 small onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, smashed
3/4 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
Directions
In a shallow dish, combine flour and half of the salt & pepper. Set aside 2 teaspoons for sauce. In remaining flour mixture, coat chicken well; shake of excess. In a large frypan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook chicken, turning once, for 15 to 20 min or until no longer pink inside. Transfer to plate and keep warm. Peel and pit peaches. Cut into wedges. Add onion, garlic & reserved flour mixture to skillet. Cook, stirring for 3 min. Pour in stock & lemon juice. Bring to boil, stirring to scrape up any brown bits from bottom of pan. Add peaches. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring for 3 min. Stir in basil and remaining salt & pepper. Pour over chicken to serve.
Peaches ‘n Cream Icebox Pie
Ingredients
1 premade 9-inch graham cracker crust
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3-4 peaches, sliced thin
1 (8 ounce) jar peach preserves or orange marmalade
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
In medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add condensed milk and blend well. Add lemon juice and the vanilla extract. Blend well to combine. Pour into pie shell. Cover and refrigerate pie for at least three hours, or freeze. The pie will slice best if made ahead then frozen overnight or until serving time. Pie may be frozen with or without the peach topping. Defrost for 10 to 15 minutes prior to slicing.
Peach Topping: In a medium bowl, stir the sliced peaches with marmalade and cinnamon. Top pie with the peach mixture.
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Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing is bringing:
Jane Middleton-Moz
to our community
September 5th. 9am to 4pm
Location: Davedi Club
313 Airport Rd. North Bay.
The event is free to survivors, family and friends of survivors, professionals and all who are interested in learning the impact of victimization, the needs of victims of crime and available services in our community.
Jane Middleton-Moz resides in Vermont. She is the Director of the Middleton-Moz Institute, a division of The Institute of Professionals Practice, Inc., a large multi-state non-profit human service Organization. She has a master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and over thirty-five years experience in the treatment of mental health and substance abuse problems. She has held numerous direct service, management and executive positions in community agencies.
Ms. Middleton-Moz is an internationally known speaker and author, who has appeared on national television, including Oprah, Maury Povich, Montel Williams, the Discovery Channel and has had her own PBS Special.
Over the last several years, Ms. Middleton-Moz has become well known nationally and internationally for her work in the areas of Multi-Generational Grief in individuals and families, Children of Trauma, and Multi-Generational Sexual and Physical Abuse in families.
To register for the free event, please call or drop in to the Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre.
101 Worthington St. E.
Suite 11 (lower level)
North Bay
TEL: 705-840-2403
New Volunteer Opportunity
We are looking for women who are dependable and committed to ending violence against women and children.
The position will include: greeting women coming to the centre, providing practical assistance and answering the phones.
-In the original story, Cinderella didn’t wear glass slippers. She wore squirrel fur slippers. But the person who translated the tale from french to English confused pantouffles en vais with pantouffles en verre and glass it became.
-Those who track such things tell us that women break down into three categories of preferred method of leg hair removal. 50% like shaving, 25% go for waxing and 25% prefer depilatory creams.
-The bob haircuts of the roaring twenties gave the name to the hair clips used to hold them back….bobby pins.
Alysha Way is the newest addition to Studio One Unisex Hair Care & Tanning located at 644 Commercial Street in North Bay.
A North Bay native, she is a dynamic young lady of only twenty years old who did her high school co-op placement at Studio One before attending the Modern Hairstyling School here in North Bay for her studies. “My studies consisted of a year and a half of in-school teachings as well as 2 years of on-the-job training.”
Nicole Groulx bought Studio One in 2007 and Ally was fortunate enough to also have the opportunity to do her apprenticeship there. “Nicky was a real good teacher. She gave me a lot of one-on-one time. She is more of a friend now to me than my boss.”
From a very young age, Ally liked everything to do with hairstyling. “My parents have many pictures of me as a toddler, pretending to cut my family members hair. In high school, I enjoyed doing up my friends hair for all the special occasions.” But what inspires her the most is the opportunity to give people a, sometimes major, change for the better that makes them feel great about themselves. “I don’t know what it is but hairstyling just makes me feel very good inside and even more so when my client is pleased with my work.”
Ally takes courses twice a year on products and techniques to make sure that she is on the up and up with everything new in the ever changing industry
Ally works full time from Tues to Sat. She also works the tanning bed and does facial waxing. Tanning sessions cost $7.00 and facial waxes are just $10.00.
Give the girls at Studio One Unisex Hair Care & Tanning a call Mon thru Fri from 10am-6pm and Sat from 9am-3pm at 705-476-1605.
Discover your new look.
